Articles by Sophia Darmelio
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New Study USA Washington, D.C. program open for summer 2026
November 18, 2025
Capital Connections, a new Study USA program, is open to rising juniors and seniors who will live and learn in Washington, D.C., with opportunities to join Semiquincentennial celebrations when the United States of America turns 250.
Elon professor co-edits ‘Why the Magic Matters: Discovering Disney as a Laboratory for Learning’
November 7, 2025
Alexis Franzese, chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and professor of sociology, new book explores how the magic of Disney brings happiness and belonging to millions of people.
Faculty recognized for grant work in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences
November 6, 2025
Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences held its annual grants reception in recognition of faculty who pursued or received external grant funding. The recognition celebrated grant work from summer 2024 through summer 2025.
“Abolition as Presence in Higher Education and Beyond” events: Nov. 4 and Nov. 12
October 31, 2025
Elon University will host the next programs in a fall semester series that brings together history, dialogue, and community in the exploration of abolition as a framework for justice and community-building.
Department of English, History & Geography and Music and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Program to host anniversary symposium celebrating novelists Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf
October 30, 2025
The three-day symposium, sponsored by the Departments of English, History and Music, and the Women’s, Gender, & Sexualities program, on Nov. 4-6, features music, lectures, student presentations and a film screening honoring Austen’s 250th birthday and Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” centennial.
Professor’s new book explores how consumption shaped personal connections to slavery
October 27, 2025
In “Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and Slavery in the Atlantic World,” Associate Professor Erin Pearson examines how people in the late 18th and 19th centuries understood consumption as implicating them in slavery.
Averly Burns ’26 built a summer experience from the ground up
October 20, 2025
When the senior dance science major from Texas encountered obstacles in pursuit of an internship in dance/movement therapy, she took matters into her own hands.
Elon performing arts professors choreography to be featured at N.C. Dance Festival
October 16, 2025
Adjunct Instructor Jiwon Ha will choreograph a performance at the Mainstage concert on Saturday, Oct. 18. Associate Professor of Dance Jen Guy Metcalf and Elon students will perform a piece on Nov. 7.
Arts & sciences alumni honored during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
October 13, 2025
An Oct. 10 awards ceremony hosted by Elon College, the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, recognized the professional achievements of three distinguished university graduates.
Study: Calories take the cake as the cause of weight gain
September 23, 2025
Research by Assistant Professor Amanda McGrosky finds that weight gain is due mainly to overeating and not decreased physical activity.